Ok, got a reply from QLogic suggesting that it's a bug in udev:
"This is an issue with the initrd (initramfs) infrastructure not
supporting the request_firmware() interface. Basically, the 60 second
lag time is the request_firmware() call timing out due to udev being
unable to satisfy the call to load firmware:
[ 3.031797] qla2xxx 0000:13:00.0: Verifying loaded RISC code...[
[ 3.050062] qla2xxx 0000:13:00.0: firmware: requesting ql2400_fw.bin
...
[ 63.040094] scsi(0): Failed to load firmware image (ql2400_fw.bin).
[ 63.040160] qla2xxx 0000:13:00.0: Firmware image unavailable.
If you are going to continue using the distro, I'd suggest you load
the driver after the initrd image has loaded and the root-FS has been
mounted."
** Changed in: udev (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: linux => udev
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Status: New => Confirmed
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qla2xxx takes ~one minute to initialize per device
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328550
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